Any veteran, can be portrayed on the banners.  A veteran is any person who is currently serving or who has honourably served in the Canadian Armed Forces, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies, or as a regular member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or as a Peace Officer in a Special Duty area or on a Special Duty Operation, or who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime.  The person must have some connection to the Lethbridge area (born, grew up here, or lived here, or is related to a current resident of this area). Note:  if the veteran is still living they must provide consent.

Any individual, family, organization, or company may sponsor a banner. Your name will appear on the banner (not logos) as a sponsor. Each Banner will cost $225.00. The preferred method of payment is by cheque made out to: RC Legion General Stewart Branch #4 Attn: Veterans Banner Program or cash.

The veteran banners will be sponsored by individuals, families, organizations or companies but the ownership of the banner will remain with the Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch #4.  Their Committee – the Veterans Banner Committee will be responsible for producing the banner, ensuring banners are put in place in the lead-up to each Remembrance Day, taken down, and placed in storage.

Please provide a high resolution photo (300 dpi or greater) of the veteran in uniform that can be enlarged to fit on a banner. The following guidelines apply.  Digital images are preferred, however, physical photos are allowed and they will be scanned in high-resolution to be used for the banner.

All the banners will have the same uniform design.  The only changes will be to the name, service/ branch and photo.

91 veteran banners will be placed on poles in 2022.  A further 80 in 2023 and another 80 in 2024.  The sponsorships will be available each year on a first come first served basis so we can make sure to honour as many different veterans as possible.

No. Only the name, his/her service/branch and photo will appear on the banner.

Regretfully not.  Individual banner locations will change from year to year. Given the number of banners and complexity of placing banners up each year and taking them down and the need for speed when doing so it is not practical to cater to individual wishes.

Banners will be displayed yearly typically from 1 October through Remembrance Day and taken down as soon as practical after November 11th.

The Banners will be removed from the various light poles, cleaned, and stored as organized by the Veterans Banner Committee.

Individual banners would be displayed for as many years as they remain in good condition and subject to the City continuing to allow the display of veteran banners.

The Banners are made from very durable material which should minimize weather damage.  Indeed, in other locations they have endured very well.  Lethbridge, however, has unique weather conditions, i.e. wind, such that if damaged the Veterans Banner Committee may not be able to replace them.  The sponsor, however, would be given first right to do so.